Rotary rocket



May 28, 1929. T G, Hm 1,114,671

ROTARY ROCKET Filed May 4, 1928 l /5 z3 f 2 v a 1710111515 l Hl' a `za1 igzieeri Fff Q1 rnonesfefnimr, orsne'rriin, WASHINGTON.

no'rAnY Boomer.

i Application filed May 4, 1928-. Serialv No. 275,171.

. :Thisinvention relates toiniprovements in :rotary rockets'7 particularly of the balanced ,type, having compartment'sffor holding dis- "',layimatter suitable forpyrotechnic exhibi- VVtionsgl f Y Y 'l ,An object of this invention is to provide an ,aren'icrotary rocket having as balancing members oppositely extending containers for Yholding thepelletsf'of.composition required lafofieplay purposesgvide"arrotaryrocket ofthe balanced type, :simple of constructiony andinexpensive of manufacture. l i

vA *further object ofthis inventionis lto provide a-rotary'balanced rocket in which f' l atan'elevationv suitable for grandstanddisfplayfpurp'oses, it being a. common complaint p2ofthat`pyrotechiiic displays at high elevations Y cannotbe readily observed 'from grandstand *seats l" Y v A further object of this invent-ion'is to providearotary rocket in which the chambers for holding the-display pellets areV used as l thrown fromfthe-.containers at the desired timefbyV means of centrifugal force, thereby adding materially tothe display effects.

device,andas'disclosedin the single sheet of drawin'gsewhich is herewith V'made apart of v thisapplieation.

Jn'the drawings-r t v,the lrotary balanced rocket. if; v 'fgFigQ2 representsasectional view of Figure V, 1.'takenalonglilne2,- i FFigQB illustrates a bottom plan view of the Q rocket', Vwith the pellet ydisplay chambers brokenaway. ','In the,rotarybalanced rocket, according to "this invention, it is preferred that numerals i 1 fand2 designate 'containers of any desired ffdimensions and shape, for instance, of tubular-form, andadapted toreceive a suitable l slow burning composition.

' f adapteidto detachably receive pyroteclinic f display elements. The members 1, 2, 3, and 4 are preferably arranged horizontally in the form of across, or the various chambers may l be arranged in other forms in the event of ymore than four containers being used, so that the device as a whole may be loosely Vand Y Y* 1 Another ob'ect'o'f Athis invention is to prothe display elei'nentsl are caused to function balancing members, pyrotechnic display be- Other objects ofthisinvention willl appear from thefeiiewing Cleaned description of ai@ i v"gflig. 1 illustrates'afsectional plan view of Numerals 31 and 4: .designate containers detachably balanced at' the centervabout a l pivot member '5.

The inner ends of the Vcontainers" or chamber portions 1 and -2are adapted to approximately contactwith a dowel member 6, made of 'wood or any other suitable material, and having extending therethrough the pivot member 5 for rotatably mountingthe rocket. In the rotary balanced rocket, according to this invention, the chambers 1 and 2 are adapted as horizontal lifting members, while theV pyrotechnic display chambers B and 4" function to act as horizontal balancing'members as the rocket rises. v

In order to hold the chamber portionsin l vfirm and operativerelationship with eachk other, a centrallioldingframe or hubf7,lmade of any suitable material such asfheavy-paper or the like, is provided7 .and lextends va' "desired distance over vthe inner ends of thehorizontal lifting members 1 and 2, as clearly disclosed frame 7 being provided with openings "8, through which the wooden fdowel 'element- Gis adaptedto extend. v

in the figures of drawings, thecentral holding The wall portions Quand 9lufortlie horizontal balancing members' and 4, may be made `ofanydesirable materialv such as paper, and of such la vnature `that 'at-the. properrrtime the stars, flags,for other pyrfoteeh'nic display elements may be kthrown from. the balancing members '3 and il by virtue of centrifugal i force, the pyrotechnic display elements or 'pellets being designated -inFigure 1 vby, nu-

merals 10; t y l In this invention,-thefpelletsrlO, consisting of colored stars or 'the' like, are hurled from the containers by centrifugal motion instead of by bursting powder, Athereby giving a unique effect to the display.

The horizontal liftingmembers 1*.and 2 consist of outer wall portions 11l and. 12, and

-outer end plug velements 13 and14, and inner end closing elements 15 and 16, 'llhe chambers 1 and 2 are adapted tto contain` a slow burning composition 17, consisting.l of meal ypowder or otherwise, the destroy-ing explosive 18 being located atltlie inner ends ofthe *chambers 1 and 2, and held .in'compressed position therein. The compositionv .17 and l' explosive 18 being packed closely together so as to maintain their proper relative positions within the containers 1 and 2 previous to ignition. i

The chambers 3 and 4, asv disclosed in'Figure 1, are arranged in fixed right angle refV iio VVlationship to the lifting :members land 2,

and are constructed inv such a manner that when the rocket has reached its approxi 'mate highest point the pellets ofcomposition will be thrown therefrom by centrifl ugal force andv not by the Vbursting 'of the explosive 18, as commonly practiced, Thev pellets of coinpositionare hurled from'the yrotating device when` the rocket reaches its maximum height just previousrtotlie ignition of the explosivematerial 18, which isadapted to completelyrshatter the rocket.

with an opening 21, on oppositesides'there.- of, andat a pre-determined Adistance from the outerends fon-the escapeof gaSQSJ as' they .meal powder is'buirned, whereby the'riocket functions to rotate immediately before ,and

during its upward flight andprevious tothe ignition ofthe explosive material 18.1 At

pre-determined pointsl along the bottom: of

the chambers 1 and 2 `are locatedopenings 22, which function to allow the escape of gasesy from ythe burning lcomposition 17,-

causingV the` revolving rocket t0 bey forced upward;

A quick match-19, vhaying an 'ignition end 20,: is suitably located inconnection with the'- containers approximately asdisclosed in the vfigures ofdrawing.Y Portionsof ,the match v19 are extended into'the openings'y 21 `and 2 2'` vfor operative vContact with the slow burning meal powder. Auxiliary quick` matches 23 1 and 24; are located'inV such amannerthat one be of any desirable type, preferably V as indi- Y cated in Figure '2, wherein Vthe bearingis of the ends will extend-into the slowburn-VV ping meal powder at a predetermined point, approximately Vas disclosed VYin Figure 1,and arranged so Vthat the ignited fuse orquick members 23 and 24.will reach the .balancing chambers'Q and 59l when the rocket reaches its maximum heightand anfinstantlater thel combustion or slow burning mejal powder` @will reach the explosive material 18, thereby destroying the rocket.

The bearing ,fori the pivot' member 5 formed merely'by drillin'gaihole through the member 6, and for-receiving inv loose i'elationship therein the` pivot 5,' the free end ofl the pivot being allowedrto bear against the sleeve portion 7, f .Y

vThel member 6, normally, is partly surrounded by .an .air space The chambers usedinthis rocket are preferred to be rigidly fastened to the hub portions by means of glue,l the lifting members `being glued into ithe sockets, and the balancing members se-V Each of the chambers 1 and 2 isrprovided f curelye glued ,over the `projecting'dowell niember'. j

The diskl members Vl'and Gand 26 and 27 may be madeofcardboard or other suitableV marmi. liheaisk 26 is'forced out-0f as Y i tubeby. they ressure of burning gases fromV the combusti les Within the tube, which' al-Y lows the 'ellets '10 to be thrown out by centriffugal` `orce,1l On the ignition of the quickY 1 fmatch 19V atthe,'}' oin`t. 2 0,the combustion will spread instantl to rall ofl thefopening's yei'icept29and 30,1whichfdonot ire their fuses until ythe combustion reachesthem'through .i the meal powder composition 17 -The locaf tion fof theopenin'gs 29V and 30 hasV been predeterminedv softhat athej combustion will reach thel balancing members `through `the ffuse's 23 and 2 4 at'th'e-pointof 'highestrisej .ofthe rocket, and an'instant later thefcombustion of the slow burning, injealfpowder717',`

will reachthe explosive material 18.,A

IngeneralythisV rocketis simple of 190 Y ments alli in the'same plane', the slow"V .urn-V inggniealv powder andA destroyingexplosive;-

arerammed solidly intliecontaners-theeby infpartitions are notrequred;

It is V'to beunde'r'stood th ancing members, afslow ',burniiig'gmaterial techiiicv f display?v elements detachably f posif tioned within the balancingx-members,-V atfthe' ends :thereof and adapted tofzbe'fhurled from f the balancing members by means oficentrif-- ugal force, al quick {inatch suitably 4arranged in relationship '.with the vlifting and' bala-ncL 'and an' explosive v substarme'iidiaehtlyY arrangedjwithinthe Vlifting members, pyro'- j ing n enibersforfigniting,the slow burning material, openings in thesidesof thelifting 71' rise;VY

In testmon'y" whereof faiiix my signature.

members for allowing Vgases'to 'escape there- `-1 from, therebyf causing :the rocket v"tot rotate', Y and a `plurality f f openingsin` the bottomVV of the lifting members for allowing fthe-es#V cape of gases,-ther`eby causing the rocket to structionrandinexpensive to in anilfacture,u` It" ,coinpris`es aminimuin number ofpa'rts V such as lifting members and balancin '.ele- 

